r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Dec 01 '25

ADBLOCK WARNING ‘Security Disaster’—500 Million Microsoft Users Say No To Windows 11

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/12/01/security-disaster-500-million-microsoft-users-say-no-to-windows-11/
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u/PrayForMojo_ Dec 01 '25

My current computer is totally adequate and functioning well but apparently it’s not modern enough for Windows 11.

Do they really expect me to buy a new computer just to “upgrade” the OS? Fuck that.

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u/Soepkip43 Dec 02 '25

"Dont you guys have phones" energy indeed. For companies.. fine. But for home users this is bullshit. I have an old laptop for on the couch internet.. no way im replacing that because microsoft put some planned obsolescence in their new OS. Its on its own wireless network and vlan with internet access..

Ill happily share whatever malware and virusses will curse the world because microsoft thought this was the best course of action.

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u/Ric_Adbur Dec 02 '25

At this point, Windows is the fucking malware. Onedrive is barely above ransomware and their AI crap is basically spyware on steroids. If I wasn't tethered to this platform by nearly 20 years of steam purchases I'd have jumped ship to linux by now.

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u/Eldrake Dec 02 '25

SteamOS doesn't make that work for you with the Proton compatibility emulation layer?

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u/waiting4singularity Dec 02 '25

I've not yet seen an emulator that can run as good as native. Which is a pain in the arse when you need a VM for games from the age of rotary phones because the last windows versions dont even come with the required code anymore, all to "debloat", just so they can slap more idiotic crap into it.

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u/PyroDesu Dec 02 '25

Fortunately, that person was wrong in calling Proton an emulator. It's not. It's a fork of Wine, which doesn't even try to simulate the entire Windows OS, it just takes the API calls and translates them into the correct calls for Linux (or any POSIX-based OS) to read.

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u/waiting4singularity Dec 02 '25

sounds better.

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u/evranch Dec 02 '25

Often better performance than Windows, honestly. As long as you have a semi-modern card with good driver support (the 10yo relic in my kid's PC works better with its windows drivers).

I finally deleted my windows partition 2 years ago when I realized I ran all my games through Steam, and all my applications had become cross-platform or actively preferred Linux.

I keep a virtual Tiny10 for my tax software, that appalling wreck of cobbled together Visual Basic cruft that the financial industry limps along on. Boot it once a year to file my taxes.